RICHARD ANTHONY PROCTOR
\ɹˈɪt͡ʃəd ˈantənˌi pɹˈɒktə], \ɹˈɪtʃəd ˈantənˌi pɹˈɒktə], \ɹ_ˈɪ_tʃ_ə_d ˈa_n_t_ə_n_ˌi p_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_t_ə]\
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A distinguished English astronomer and writer on scientific subjects; born at Chelsea, March 23, 1837; died at New York, Sept. 12, 1888. He wrote a great many popular expositions of science; his greatest work, "Old and New Astronomy", not quite completed at his death, was completed by another hand and published in parts.
By Charles Dudley Warner
